HB1359 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1359

Introduced 2/4/2015, by Rep. Robyn Gabel

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2105/2105-170 new
225 ILCS 50/18.3 new

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that health care workers licensed by the State be automatically and indefinitely suspended at such time as the final trial proceedings are concluded whereby a licensee has been adjudicated and found guilty, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a criminal prosecution under the laws of the State, the laws of any other state, or the laws of the United States of America for any offense reasonably related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of their profession, or arising out of any investigation thereof, and for any offense in which defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, or any other health insurance provider is an essential element, whether or not sentence is imposed. Makes conforming changes in the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2105-170 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-170 new)

Sec. 2105-170. Health care workers; automatic suspension of license. A health care worker, as defined by the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act, licensed by the Department shall be automatically and indefinitely suspended at such time as the final trial proceedings are concluded whereby a licensee has been adjudicated and found guilty, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a criminal prosecution under the laws of the State, the laws of any other state, or the laws of the United States of America for any offense reasonably related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of their profession, or arising out of any investigation thereof, and for any offense in which defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, or any other health insurance provider is an essential element, whether or not sentence is imposed.

Section 10. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act is amended by adding Section 18.3 as follows:

(225 ILCS 50/18.3 new)

Sec. 18.3. Automatic suspension of license. A hearing instrument dispenser licensed under this Act shall be automatically and indefinitely suspended at such time as the final trial proceedings are concluded whereby a licensee has been adjudicated and found guilty, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a criminal prosecution under the laws of the State, the laws of any other state, or the laws of the United States of America for any offense reasonably related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of their profession, or arising out of any investigation thereof, and for any offense in which defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, or any other health insurance provider is an essential element, whether or not sentence is imposed.